Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

No, Nat, don’t do it!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Whoo-whee! Man, confusion to the max. What is Nat saying? Better question: What is he about to do, and why?! At least since Nat’s a demon, his gun ought to be effective against Tom, assuming Tom is also another demon.

9CWL: I suppose that confirms Seth’s choice of sexuality.
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Fly Guy said, 3 months ago

Seth had a choice?
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Way to break a dream. Nat has already been ‘killed’ once this arc. Maybe he is demonstratung that Dru’s fears are an illusion like all on this dreamscape
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Oh, it’s so very like a visual-arts symphony, as three arcs converge toward a grand climax! It’s a good thing Honorable Master is a professional musician as well as a fine artist!

(re-posted from “last night”)
CoBass said, 3 months ago

@ToniAnne Re: “Train up a child…”

Proverbs 22:6

(Repeated from “yesterday”, in case ToniAnne missed it…)
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Nat is probably seeking to break the Dreamscape-spell, though his apparent means is rather, ahem, drastic!
Saskfan said, 3 months ago

Oh dear; this is getting gruesomer and gruesomer.
Good night all. Too tired to chat tonight, and the Real World calls early tomorrow.
The Old Wolf said, 3 months ago

Oh my heck. Is the Master going to do a Pibgorn version of The Tempest now? One can only dream. Speaking of dreams, this one’s a doozy.

No, Nat, no! We still need you!

Repost from “yesterday”: Death Wears a Friendly Face
waycyber said, 3 months ago

It’s Left Handed Day
Jim-D said, 3 months ago

Remembering Nat’s a demon, that’s going a bit far to simply WAKE UP.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Ah, the glory that is Nantwich! Oh, to be in Nantwich now that summer is here, to feel the breeze and watch the rolling sea.
debra4life50 said, 3 months ago

Since when did gumshoes spout Shakespeare?
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Fly GuyGenius said, 4 minutes ago

Seth had a choice?

You’re right. Poor choice of words on my part.

It confirms his sexuality.
MurphyHerself said, 3 months ago

This cannot be the end of Tom. And Dru is still spiked, so to speak. Hhmm. What happened to the mind meld? How can Dru stay so still through all this?

Again, Sleep Time Tea for those off to bed.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Go ahead Nat pull the trigger, Make Dru get infuriated with rage, so that she”l free herself and beat Tom T to within an inch of his life.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Left Handed Day! waycyber you just made my dad happy, because he’s a left hander.
mjolnir 9 said, 3 months ago

The Tempest - Act IV, Sc.1.

But what of Hamlet - Act III, Sc. 1?

“To die, to sleep:
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub:
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause.”

The only thing sure here can be summed up by a quote not from Shakespeare at all, but from T.S.Eliot:

“Think at last
We have not reached conclusion…”
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

The last time a character put a gun to their mouth was Pib/Nonny, and it had a completely different result than what I think it will do this time.
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

No. Quite accurate phrasing. Seth chose. I’ve lived in areas with large gay and lesbian populations and things are not exactly as have been tried to be portrayed in the media and popular culture. It is a choice that most made when they were young. The reasons they made that choice are very different from person to person.
invisifan said, 3 months ago

When Nat shots “Tom T” Tom becomes unnervingly similar in appearance to what drew Oognat into the dream — this is not comforting as to the outcome, particularly if Nat continues on his apparent course of action (if this is indeed Nat & not an attempt to give — and snatch away — some hope of Dru’s) …
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

I wonder if this is Gnat’s symbolic way of ending the dream.

that or he didn’t get his RDA of chrome steel for the day…
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Hey, Dru’s not all dark and sooty anymore.
azrach said, 3 months ago

Hmmmm …. Nat figures that all the stuff going on is part of HIS dream, so he can put it right by blasting himself?

On the other hand, his soliioqy doesn’t seem compatible with a (more or less) immortal demon … this could become even more complex.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

waycyber I am, I am! Callooh! Callay! A day for me and other sinister folk!
mjolnir 9 said, 3 months ago

waycyber

Like Ric, in Casablanca, you appear to have been ‘misinformed’, if you went to Nantwich to view the rolling sea. It’s in Cheshire, well inland from even Chester itself (I had ‘people’ there, back in the 13th century or thereabouts).

I realize you’ve been dangling this hook for a couple of days…I have risen to the bait. What’s the punchline?
Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

Read something really bizarre last night in an actor’s bio last night. Apparently Lloyd Bridges was offered the role of Captain Kirk by Roddenberry before Shatner was offered the role. That sure would have been diferent.
TennesseeD said, 3 months ago

Nabuquduriuzhur!

Surely you are not suggesting the media reports anything but the absolute truth!!? Good gracious, if that were so, they might even misrepresent politics, and we might elect the wrong people to office! O say it ain’t so!!!
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Nat’s gat, currently, appears to be a revolver (though Honorable Master’s firearms tend to be a bit vague), and he blew six holes in Tommy-goes-poof; so, unless he’s carrying a Webley-Fosbery .38, or the like, it should be empty by now. I am, to be sure, just tossing out a straw, at which one may grasp.

EDIT: BTW, Wiki says the Webley-Fosbery appeared in The Maltese Falcon… Hmm.
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azrach said, 3 months ago

Just thought of something else … if that’s the last we are gonna see of Tom T., it is a little disapointing …. something like the last book of Stephen King’s Dark tower (gunslinger) series, where Randal Flagg finally gets his … good to see him finally destroyed, but I would have expected something more spectacular.
Margueritem said, 3 months ago

The Old Wolf, wow….powerful.
Margueritem said, 3 months ago

azrach, I’m sure he’ll be back. You can’t keep a good demon down.
mjolnir 9 said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos

I only count five holes in Tom. Assuming that the gun is a Smith & Wesson .38 Police Special, which it looks like at the moment (the Master’s armory does tend to shape-shift a bit, eh what?), there should be one bullet left for Nat.

And, of course, he could have reloaded between frames two and three.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Huh? What? I’m lost - dibs on the pink cushion with the gold tassels.
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Hold on, if you die in a dream - you don’t die, you usually wake up. Isn’t that what Nat has in mind?
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

RIFF

By ladywolf17

Part One
1718

Night had come to the open sea that Blackbeard and his crew of pirates, on the Queen Anne’s Revenge sailed on.
Captain Blackbeard laid asleep in his quarters. The day had been another successful attack on a merchant ship.

“Captain, ye be awake sir”? Asked a voice in the darkness. Blackbeard grabbed his pistol and lit his lantern. He got the surprise of his life, there stood in front of him was the ghost of Riff.

The pirate ghost known as Riff came closer to Captain Blackbeard. and whispered to the captain these words,
” Soon ye shall end up in Davy Jones’ locker, and thar shall join with me in hell”. Riff said and vanished.

Blackbeard furious with rage did not sleep for the rest of the night, and ended up shooting one of his crewmen as they entered to check upon him.

Morning came, and Captain Blackbeard gave the order to sail into the Charleston Harbor and set up a blockade. He captured five merchant vessels and used them as ransom to get what he wanted, which was food, supplies for the ship, and medicine.

Word of this event made it’s way to the Brittish Royal Navy. They were not happy about this and called forth a meeting to deal with this outrage.

Captain Blackbeard was pleased that his plan, his greatest plan thus far had gone smoothly.

As Blackbeard turned around, there he was again face to face with the ghost pirate known as Riff. “Soon shall it be, soon ye shall join me in Davy Jones’ locker”. Riff said once again, this time touching the captain on the arm, then vanishing in thin air.

Captain Blackbeard lifted up his sleeves and gazed at his arm. He had been given the black spot.

TO BE CONTINUED

…………………………………………………………………
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

mjolnir9: Good grief! I miscounted! You’re right. My straw is not worth grasping!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

I only see 5 bullet holes in TT. Am I missing one somewhere? I seem to remember Nat mentioning his roscoe was a 38. I’m no gun expert, but I thought most 38’s were revolvers which are usually 6-shooters.

BTW, interesting bullet hole pattern in TT. There are 5 holes in a row, which makes sense if you swing the gun in straight line while firing. Yet panel 1 shows the last bullet going through the center hole. That means Nat shot 2 holes, skipped one, shot 2 more, then came back with the final shot in the center. Not too likely. Yes, I know, I’m being picky, as I’m sure this was done under artistic license. It wouldn’t look symmetrical if the last bullet was out on the edge somewhere. Only an engineer like me would notice, something my wife hates when I point out things like this in movies.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

Come, join with me (I can’t count to six, or five even!), in hanging down your head, over-picky BikeNBoatN!
waycyber said, 3 months ago

@mjolnir9 Like Ric, in Casablanca, you appear to have been ‘misinformed’, if you went to Nantwich to view the rolling sea. It’s in Cheshire, well inland from even Chester itself (I had ‘people’ there, back in the 13th century or thereabouts).
I realize you’ve been dangling this hook for a couple of days…I have risen to the bait. What’s the punchline?

I picked a town that many people might not be aware of and gave it all kinds of great and fantastical things. Of course, now you have found me out. No punchline, but building it ever bigger.
waycyber said, 3 months ago

Somehow I don’t think Nat’s experience with the gun will rival Pib’s.
Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

In a laughably desperate attempt to save face–

In the Sketch, there are five clear bullet-holes and a phantom sixth; one of the five is out-of-line with the others, just above the phantom (shadowy, vague, half-drawn) sixth….
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

Sisyphos, don’t worry, your face looks fine!
BikeNBoatN said, 3 months ago

G’ Nite, all!
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Finished part one, despite bad internet signals tonight. That is why I had to post part of this story before finishing it for the night, for fear of losing internet completely.

Enjoy reading it now.
Hroth said, 3 months ago

waycyber said, about 1 hour ago

Ah, the glory that is Nantwich! Oh, to be in Nantwich now that summer is here, to feel the breeze and watch the rolling sea.

Nantwich? I uisually approach from Bunbury, take a right around Dorfold Park and climb up through Hack Green. The rolling plain is a splendid view from the ribbon sea!
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

Well Nat which is it? Are you going to open up and say AAAHHHH!!!!!!! Or are you going to figure out a way to save Dru and her friends.

Or is there a more sinister force making Nat point the gun into his mouth.
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

I can’t wait to see what Friday’s cliff-hanger is going to be.
UncaAlby said, 3 months ago

Hmmm. Maybe Nat is talking Olde English thanks to his recent Minde Melde.

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A fantastic saga of adventure both high and low, of forbidden passion and iambic pentameter, of fays, fools, organists, demons, accordions, heaven, hell and Shakespeare, Pibgorn follows the whims and flights of its eponymous fairy heroine as she plies her conviction that there must be more to life than depositing dew drops on dandelions and sleeping under mushrooms.

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